Naturally dyed Robins eggs…

After much research on the subject of dying eggs for an Easter centrepiece, I came across a tutorial on Pinterest, on how to make Robins eggs, and fell in love.

At my local farmers market, I bought six pure white duck eggs and although it was a shame to change their natural beauty, I was desperate to have a go at experimenting. Here is what I did….

You will need:

White eggs

1 head of red cabbage

5 tbsp white vinegar

4 cups of water

gold acrylic paint

saucepan

bowl

spoon

Method

Hard boil the eggs for 5 minutes

Chop up the red cabbage and place in a pan with the water and simmer for 30 minutes

Allow the cabbage and water to cool completely

Strain the beautiful purple water from the cabbage into a deep bowl

Place you eggs into the purple liquid, ensuring they are completely submerged (otherwise you will get stripes)

Leave the eggs to absorb the dye for 2 hours – longer if you want a deeper colour

Remove the eggs and watch them magically turn blue as the dye reacts to the air

Once dry, use a bristle brush (or old tooth brush) to flick gold paint on the eggs

I have nestled my eggs into a bowl of pure white violas for an interesting table centrepiece, and added a few pale feathers too.

These eggs are completely edible, so perhaps you can leave them in the fridge and eat them on Easter Sunday. I also dyed empty duck eggs too (after we ate the contents for breakfast this morning). Using the shells as little plant pots I filled them with white muscari bulbs.

I will hopefully show you the finished Easter table tomorrow.

Are you ready for Easter? I still haven’t bought any chocolate eggs and I have two desperately eggcited (see what I did there?!) boys. The bunny will make an appearance tomorrow, followed by a big feast with family and hopefully a walk afterwards to calm down two chocolate fuelled boys.

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